Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Florida, 1980, 1985

by: Higgins, Robert P

Publication date: 1980

Topics: Higgins, Robert P, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Marine invertebrates, Zoology

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian Field Book Project

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book is related to trips in 1980 and 1985 to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Florida. Higgins gives station notes, with dates from April 13, 1980 to February 4, 1985, times and depths, localities names and coordinates, local conditions and collected specimens. At the other end of the book are pencil diagrams of an apparatus

Abstract: Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book is related to trips in 1980 and 1985 to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Florida. Higgins gives station notes, with dates from April 13, 1980 to February 4, 1985, times and depths, localities names and coordinates, local conditions and collected specimens. At the other end of the book are pencil diagrams of an apparatus.